Richard Wilson

The History of Yugoslav Football Podcast

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Football writer Richard Wilson steers listeners through the murky waters of Yugoslav football from the 19th Century to the 21st Century.

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Richard Wilson

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Latest episode

May 5, 2025

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Episodes

Episode Thirty One - Outsiders, Part One 09.06.2020

Partizan go to the European Cup Final and the big four’s dominance is broken

Episode Thirty - Rankovic and Miljanic 02.06.2020

One big figure falls in politics and one big figure rises in football

Profiles - Rajko Mitic and Asim Ferhatovic 01.06.2020

Double profile time as we meet the first legends of Zvezda and Sarajevo

Episode Twenty Nine - Planinic 26.05.2020

Yugoslavia’s first great footballing scandal comes to light.

Episode Twenty Eight - The Golden Age, Part Five - The Trouble With Trebles 19.05.2020

Partizan do the three-peat, Dinamo reach a European final but, without anyone knowing, the golden age comes to an end

Coronavirus Diary Part Two 16.05.2020

Ahead of football coming back to some parts of the region, find out the current status for football’s return

Episode Twenty Seven - The Golden Age, Part Four - Chile 12.05.2020

Yugoslavia go back to South America for the 1962 World Cup and get West Germany. Again.

Episode Twenty Six - The Golden Age, Part Three - Babies 05.05.2020

Power moves across Belgrade as Partizan’s greatest generation begin their dominance.

Profile - Vladimir Beara 01.05.2020

The Ballerina and The Betrayal - Yugoslavia’s finest keeper in the spotlight

Episode Twenty Five - The Golden Age, Part Two - From the Avala to the JNA 28.04.2020

Crvena Zvezda and Dinamo go head to head and the results lead to Yugoslavia’s highest profile defection

Coronavirus Diary 26.04.2020

What’s going on in the former Yugoslavia when it comes to resuming football? An update on each nation’s pandemic progress.

Episode Twenty Four - The Golden Age, Part One - From Malmo to Rome 20.04.2020

Yugoslavia and Olympic finals - name a more iconic duo.

Episode Twenty Three - Fontaine's WC 09.04.2020

Zvezda’s dominance slips while Yugoslavia go to Sweden and run into a record goal scorer or two

Location Guide - Slovenia 04.04.2020

Slovenia’s lovely. Why wouldn’t you go? It’s got some nice football stadiums too and, in this episode, you’ll hear about them.

Profile - Dragoslav Sekularac 02.04.2020

Do the Seki Twist as we look at Yugoslav football’s first modern superstar

Episode Twenty - European Dreams 24.03.2020

The European Cup begins and, for Partizan, things get Real

Episode Nineteen - Transitions 19.03.2020

Yugoslavia go to the 1954 World Cup and begin a new rivalry while Dinamo seek to bury their demons in the league

Profile - Todor Veselinovic 17.03.2020

Update on release schedule over the next month or so plus Vojvodina’s greatest goal scorer gets profiled

Episode Eighteen - The Silver Age, Part Four - Meeting Magic 10.03.2020

0.013 goals decide a title and Yugoslavia go to the 1952 Olympics hoping that, this time, there won’t be the side of a generation in their way.

Profile - Branko Zebec 01.03.2020

The midfielder of a generation and the manager of an era.

Episode Seventeen - The Silver Age, Part 3 - The Champion of Champions 27.02.2020

Hajduk hunt for perfection

Episode Sixteen - The Silver Age, Part Two - Trains to Brazil 20.02.2020

Yugoslavia travel to Brazil for the World Cup and find their greatest adversary - Substandard building regulations

Episode Fifteen - The Silver Age, Part One - 1948 10.02.2020

Tito beefs with Stalin and Yugoslavia go back to the Olympics.

Profile - Bernard Vukas 01.02.2020

The greatest Croatian player of the 20th Century gets his due

Episode Fourteen - Generations 30.01.2020

The first proper post-war season is with us and so are a bunch of Eternals

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